Oenopia conglobata
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Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus)
(Figs 145, 146)
Coccinella conglobata Linnaeus, 1758: 366 (Type locality: Europe?).
Synharmonia conglobata: Mader 1931: 200.
Harmonia conglobata: Dauguet 1949: 34.
Oenopia conglobata: Iablokoff-Khnzorian 1982: 416; Poorani 2002a: 336; Poorani 2002b: 105.
Diagnosis. Length: 3.50–5.40 mm; width: 2.80–4.60 mm. Form (Fig. 145a, b) oval, moderately convex. Head pale creamy yellow with a transverse black marking in basal half. Pronotum creamy yellow with seven black spots, sometimes variously fused or reduced. Ground colour of elytra pinkish or pale yellow, with eight irregular spots; elytral spots variable, fused or reduced or completely absent. Male genitalia (Fig. 145d–f) and spermatheca (Fig. 145c) as illustrated.
Immature stages. Life stages (Fig. 146) as illustrated.
Distribution. India (Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir); Pakistan; Afghanisthan; Palaearctic; North Africa; Introduced into North America.
Prey/associated habitat. Aphalaridae: Euphyllura straminea Loginova. Aphidoidea: Adelges sp., Aphis pomi De Geer, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann), Hyadaphis tataricae (Aizenberg), Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy), Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus), Aphis (Toxoptera) aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe; Chrysomelidae: Galerucella lineola (Fabricius), Altica sp. Collected on apple, walnut, pear, Euonymus sp., almond, Brassica spp., etc. Numerous hosts recorded from other parts of the world. Associated with tree-dwelling aphids (above 2 m) (Iperti, 1999). Associated with powdery mildew infesting mulberry (Khan & Nighat 1991).
Seasonal occurrence. Collected during February and June–July (northwestern region). In Kashmir, adults were observed to emerge in April and started overwintering in October (Maqbool et al. 2020). Active during April– October in Pakistan (Hayat et al. 2017).
Natural enemy. Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank) (Maqbool et al. 2018).
Note. It is commonly collected in the colder parts of northwestern Indian states like Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. Poorani (2002b) briefly described and illustrated the genitalia.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Oenopia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- conglobata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. POORANI, 2023
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. 10 th Edition. L. Salvius, Stockholm, 826 pp.
- Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S. M. (1982) Les Coccinelles Coleopteres-Coccinellidae. Tribu Coccinellini des regions Palearctique et Orientale. Boubee, Paris, 568 pp. [in French]
- Poorani, J. (2002 a) An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae (excluding Epilachninae) of the Indian subregion. Oriental Insects, 36, 307 - 383. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2002.10417335
- Poorani, J. (2002 b) A review of the genus Oenopia Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) of the Indian subcontinent, with description of a new species. Oriental Insects, 36, 97 - 116. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2002.10417328
- Iperti, G. (1999) Biodiversity of predaceous Coccinellidae in relation to bioindication and economic importance. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 74, 323 - 342. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / S 0167 - 8809 (99) 00041 - 9
- Khan, M. A. & Nighat (1991) Insect pest complex of mulberry (Morus spp.) in Kashmir. Journal of Tree Sciences, 10 (1), 8 - 10.
- Maqbool, A., Rather, S. U., Akbar, S. A. & Wachkoo, A. A. (2020) Preliminary survey of ladybird beetle composition (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in unmanaged apple orchard ecosystems of Kashmir Himalayas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 73, 160 - 174. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12595 - 020 - 00322 - w
- Hayat, A., Khan, M. R. & Naz, F. (2017) Subfamilies Coccinellinae and Coccidullinae (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) with New Records from AJK, Pakistan. Journal of Applied Environmental and Biological Sciences, 7 (4), 12 - 66.
- Maqbool, A., Ahmed, I., Kieltyk, P. & Ceryngier, P. (2018) Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) utilizes both Coccinellini and Chilocorini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae) as hosts in Kashmir Himalayas. European Journal of Entomology, 115, 332 - 338. https: // doi. org / 10.14411 / eje. 2018.033